The Go-Betweens - what's it all about?

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I began eating muesli in my late teens. I loved the milky mixture of oats and grains and sultanas – and knowing it was good for me. Through the years as muesli became more mainstream, I noticed my morning bowl was becoming more colourful and sweeter. A time came when my doctor and dieticians told me my breakfast was no longer good for my long-term health. The exotic pieces of dried fruit were pushing up my sugar levels. The nuts lurking in the dried fruit were harming my teeth. Something had to change.

I looked for a simpler, tastier, gentler product on the shelves, but I couldn’t find it. What was I looking for? I knew organic wholegrain oats were important. I knew a sprinkle of coconut would be good. Ground sunflower and linseeds were super healthy. A strategically placed sultana would be divine. I remembered Amaranth puffs, the South American superfood. And ground Brazil Nuts, rich in the health-preserving mineral Selenium – every nutritionist recommended them. I mixed these ingredients in my kitchen like an inspired scientist. Until I got what I wanted. The magic mix. Spring Grain.

Now here’s the genius part. It’s your muesli. I’m giving you the basics, a cereal that works beautifully by itself. However, if you want to augment your muesli experience you can. Add half a chopped pear one day. A handful of berries the next. The corporations aren’t sweetening your muesli – you are. Add your chosen milk. And as a final treat, perhaps a loving spoonful of natural yoghurt on top. How will it taste? Just like Spring Grain.

https://robertforsterspringgrain.tmstor.es/product/117976

devvvine, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 13:49 (ten months ago) link

delivery cost makes this a bit rich for my blood sadly

devvvine, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 13:53 (ten months ago) link

This is great. My breakfast these days is mostly steel cut oatmeal with nuts and fat-free yogurt so I would definitely get this.

birdistheword, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 17:25 (ten months ago) link

Pick me up in pieces, I'm scattered and broken
Slow, slow muesli

fetter, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 18:17 (ten months ago) link

In development: Bachelor Knishes

fetter, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 18:22 (ten months ago) link

I got as far as "falling down like wheat" before I gave up trying to Weird Al it

Vinnie, Wednesday, 19 July 2023 08:26 (ten months ago) link

dude like his breakfast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV-mi0bFpaI

buzza, Wednesday, 19 July 2023 08:58 (ten months ago) link

Draining the Bowl for You

Was There Anything I Could Chew?

Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 19 July 2023 09:36 (ten months ago) link

Wheats of Your Town

John Donne In Concert (Tom D.), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 09:44 (ten months ago) link

Head Full of Cream (of Wheat)

Piedie Gimbel, Wednesday, 19 July 2023 10:42 (ten months ago) link

and their steel-cut oats, their lovely steel-cut oats
the Clarke sisters

henry s, Wednesday, 19 July 2023 13:03 (ten months ago) link

Cattle and Grain

Live and Left Eye (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 13:39 (ten months ago) link

Sorry, doesn’t work, too close to the original

Live and Left Eye (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 13:39 (ten months ago) link

I can't wait to see if my
Amaranth's accepted

Nabozo, Wednesday, 19 July 2023 13:53 (ten months ago) link

Graining The Pool For You

nerve_pylon, Wednesday, 19 July 2023 17:09 (ten months ago) link

er, Graining The Bowl For You

nerve_pylon, Wednesday, 19 July 2023 17:09 (ten months ago) link

Sorry, doesn’t work, too close to the original

But that makes the song all the more viable for advertising - they missed their chance to cash-in with Quaker Oats!

Joking aside, it's strange how old white guys are like the go-to face for breakfast grains now, between the Quaker dude, the late Wilford Brimley, Bob's Red Mill and now Robert.

birdistheword, Wednesday, 19 July 2023 19:06 (ten months ago) link


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